“I would like to be a part of a community of women, and help women be empowered, but I think I'm not necessarily political. I say that because I really hate politicians, so I don't fancy sitting around and thinking about them all the time.” ThinkingHelpingPoliticalHateCommunityPoliticianSittingFancyEmpoweredSitting Around Author:Rickie Lee Jones
“I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You know? Because that's the best thing about when you're happy. It's just one little thing that makes you happy, and you're making friends. The kind of thing I can do is capture this moment.” ThinkingKnowsWritingKindLittlesI CanMomentsSongFunCan DoSimpleWalksStreetsBest ThingsJust OneSongwritingLittle ThingsCaptureMake You HappyMaking Friends Author:Rickie Lee Jones
“Singing other people's material was perceived, I think, as a weakness of my persona. The effect, though, was to make me dig my heels in and try even harder to combine the two.” PeopleThinkingTryingTwoEffectsMaterialsSingingWeaknessHarderHeelsPersona Author:Rickie Lee Jones
“I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over.” ThinkingAmericaDemocracyDying Author:Rickie Lee Jones